OUR VOICES ARE GROWING IN NUMBERS—We are pleased to announce that another new group of concerned citizens is joining us in our efforts to end the use of commercial freighter anchorages in the Southern Gulf Island waters: DeCourcy Anchorage Watch. DeCourcy Island stands as one of the most popular destination water-access islands in the Southern Gulf, located approximately 16 kilometres …
Port Announcement Still Missing the Point
The Port of Vancouver is using a trivial scheduling adjustment as a public relations stunt to once again distract from the massive health and environmental impacts of allowing cargo ships to anchor in the Southern Gulf Islands (SGI) and adjacent Vancouver Island waters, which would be unnecessary if the Port employed modern efficient marine traffic management technology. The provincial and …
Investigation into freighter collision reveals ongoing dangers Southern Gulf Islands
The results from a Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigation are in. On March 30, 2020 a 200 metre cargo ship dragged anchor in high winds and collided with another ship in Plumper Sound (between Mayne, Saturna and Pender Islands). The anchor chains from both ships became entangled. This account of how quickly things went from bad to worse is …
